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(4:38 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- NCR Corp.
NCR, -1.70%
late Thursday reported its third-quarter profit jumped to $57 million, or 35 cents a share, from $16 million, or 14 cents a share, in the same quarter last year. The Duluth, Ga.-based company was expected to hand in earnings of 37 cents a share, according to a consensus survey of analysts by FactSet. On an adjusted basis, the company earned 64 cents a share while revenue increased to $1.44 billion from $1.36 billion a year ago. NCR projected 2012 revenue growth of 11% to 13% from 2011 and earnings per share of $1.39 a share to $1.46. NCR shares rallied 4% to $23.04 in after hours trading.

AMD swings to loss, laying off 15% of workforce

(4:36 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Advanced Micro Devices
AMD, -0.74%
reported a deep net loss for the third quarter on Thursday afternoon, and announced a restructuring program that will result in the layoffs of 15% of its total workforce, or about 1,770 people. "It is clear that the trends we knew would re-shape the industry are happening at a much faster pace than we anticipated," CEO Rory Read said in a statement. The PC chipmaker reported a loss of $157 million, or 21 cents a share, for the third quarter compared to earnings of $97 million, or 13 cents a share, for the same period last year. Adjusted net loss was 20 cents a share. Analysts were expecting a loss of 13 cents a share for the period. Revenue of $1.27 billion was in line with a pre-announcement by the company last week. AMD shares were up 1% in after-hours trading on Thursday.

ETrade moves to loss

(4:25 PM ET) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Online brokerage firm ETrade
ETFC, +1.12%
said Thursday that it moved to a third-quarter loss on special items. The company said it lost $28.63 million, or 10 cents a share. In the same period last year, it turned a profit of $70.7 million, or 24 cents a share. Revenue fell to $490 million from $507.3 million. Provision for loan losses rose to $141 million from $98.4 million.

Chipotle forecasts slower growth; shares slide 10%

(4:20 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Growth at Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG, -0.74%
is slowing. Chipotle missed Wall Street targets for the third-quarter and further forecast there could be no growth in comparable restaurant sales for 2013. Shares fell 10% to $256.64 after the report. For the period ended Sept. 30, profit rose 20% to $72 million, or $2.27 a share, from the year-ago quarter. However, that came in 2 cents below what analysts had forecast, according to FactSet. Sales rose 18% to $700.5 million for the recent quarter. Comparable restaurant sales increased 4.8%, just shy of the 4.9% estimate of analysts. Restaurant level operating margin rose to 27.4% from 26.7%. Chipotle shares have sunk 29% since July due to concerns about the company's future growth.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals third-quarter net climbs

(4:20 PM ET) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals
CBST
said Thursday that third-quarter net income was $40.3 million, or 55 cents a share, compared with $24.2 million, or 33 cents a share, for the same period a year ago. Reporting after the close, the Lexington, Mass.-based drugmaker said sales were $238.2 million against last year's $201.7 million. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected the company to earn 47 cents a share for the quarter. Shares ended trading on Thursday down 1.4% to $47.25.

Capital One posts hefty increase in profit

(4:16 PM ET) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Buoyed by strength in its ING Direct and HSBC U.S. credit card units, Capital One Financial on Thursday reported a hefty increase in third quarter profit. The company earned $1.2 billion, or $2.01 a share, on the period, up from $813 million, or $1.77 a share, in the same quarter of 2011. Revenue came in at $5.78 billion, vs. $4.15 billion. The average estimate of analysts polled by FactSet had been for Capital One
COF, -0.48%
to earn $1.68 a share on revenue of $5.56 billion. The company "posted solid results across all of our businesses," said Richard Fairbank, chief executive, in the earnings report. "We are well positioned to sustain strong returns and capital generation, even in an environment with low industry growth and prolonged low interest rates."

Microsoft earnings fall 22%; sales also down

(4:09 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp.
MSFT, -0.74%
on Thursday reported a fiscal first-quarter profit of $4.47 billion, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of $16 billion. During the same period a year ago, the software giant earned $5.74 billion, or 68 cents a share, on $17.37 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast Microsoft to earn 56 cents a share on $16.5 billion in sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30. The results came out ahead of Microsoft's upcoming release of the Windows 8 operating system, set for Oct. 26.

Google blames financial printer for report release

(1:31 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc.
GOOG, -0.73%
on Thursday said its third-quarter report was released ahead of schedule after R.R. Donnelley
RRD, +1.91%
the company's financial printer "filed our draft 8K earnings statement without authorization." "We have ceased trading on NASDAQ while we work to finalize the document," the company said in a statement. "Once it's finalized we will release our earnings, resume trading on NASDAQ. Trading in Google shares were halted. The stock fell 9% after the report became available on the SEC site.

Google offsets new hires with Motorola layoffs

(1:06 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. managed to offset a strong pace of new hires for its core business with large-scale layoffs at its newly acquired Motorola unit. In its third-quarter report that moved several hours earlier than expected on Thursday, Google
GOOG, -0.73%
said it hired 1,807 workers for its core business, but eliminated about 2,865 jobs at Motorola during the period. That brought the company's total headcount to 53,546 workers at the end of the third quarter compared to 54,604 workers for the June period, according to the earnings report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Google shares were down 9% following the report, as the company's earnings missed Wall Street's expectations.

Google profit falls, misses estimates

(12:49 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc.
GOOG, -0.73%
on Thursday reported a third-quarter profit of $2.18 billion, or $6.53 a share, compared with a profit of $2.73 billion, or $8.33 a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, was $11.33 billion, up from $7.51 billion in the year-earlier period. Adjusted profit was $9.03 a share. Analysts were expecting an adjusted profit of $10.63 a share, on revenue of $11.39 billion. Shares of Google were down 8%. The report was originally expected to be released after Thursday's closing bell, but the results were filed early with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EBay shares rise 4% in wake of earnings report

(9:53 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- EBay Inc. [s ebay] shares rose 4%, to $50.13 Thursday following what was seen as a positive, and in-line third-quarter earnings report. Late Wednesday, eBay said that it earned $597 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $3.4 billion, up from a profit of $491 million, or 37 cents a share, on $2.97 billion in sales in the same period a year ago. Excluding one-time items, eBay would have earned 55 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast eBay to earn 54 cents a share on $3.4 billion in sales. The company said strong growth in its marketplace and PayPal businesses spurred its performance during the quarter.

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